"2010 British Commonwealth Games"

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2010 British Commonwealth Games, 3 to 14 October 2010, held in Delhi, the capital of India. British Community Games. In the games attended by 6081 athletes from 71 countries, the total 272 competitions were held in 21 sports. India, which also hosts Asian Games in 1951 and 1982, has organized the biggest sports event in this organization. The British Nations Community Games was held in India for the first time, in 1998, the second time was held in Asia.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event, also hosted the opening and closing ceremony of the games. While the game’s resmî mascot is a man-shaped tiger, Shera; Indian musician A. R. The "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto" game, which was collected by Rahman, was determined as a resmî song.

Following the finalization of the games, Australia became the most successful country with 177 medals, which gained 74 gold. When the host was ranked in the second place with India 38 gold 101 medals, he found himself in the third place in the UK because of its 37 gold against taking 142 medals in total.

Games showed a number of worries and discussions before beginning. Although all this was removed from the British Nations Community, Fiji and all community members outside Tokelau were included in the event. The opening ceremony, which is highly appreciated, played a big role in increasing the recognition of the games. The negative criticisms at the beginning of the events were given to the discretion of their place. Australia Sports Minister Mark Arbib said India’s Olympics are in capacity to organize; President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge noted that India creates a good resource to host Olympics in the future. Many observers are concerned at the beginning, but with the end of the games, there was an extraordinary experience. Some observers blamed the media as they enter unfair expectations and act pre-judice.

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2010 was nominated for India’s Delhi and Canada’s Hamilton cities to host British Commonwealth. In November 2003, a vote was made in the Secretary General of the British Commonwealth Games Federation in Montego Bay of Jamaica. In the second round of the vote, India will give 100,000 dollars to each participating country, and the description of the aircraft tickets, eating, accommodation and transportation costs played a big role in the outcome of the situation. 46 votes against 22 Delhi, the choice was the winner. Canada couldn’t have the chance to re-edit the event in which it was hit in the fifth time country. During elections, India used the motto of New Frontiers and Friendships.

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